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Simone Cooper
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February 14, 2022
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Technical issue

  • February 14, 2022
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What is wrong with these? I think these are on the edge of beeing accepted. Of course "Technical issue" image rejection.

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Correct answer reedesign1912

@Simone Cooper yes, you can say Nikon.  🙂  What would help is if you can change the settings on your camera to manual rather than automatic.  One of the things I noticed on your first two photos is the ISO is quite high and that usually causes a lot of noise in the photos.  The higher ISO is needed for low light situations and often you can clean up the noise in post processing.  Focus is the bigger issue here. In the first bird photo the camera is trying to focus on the twig rather than the bird's head.  That's why composition is so important and you need to change your angle to get the focus on what you really need.  The other issue is going to be the zoom - because your camera uses a combination of optical and digital zoom, the camera itself does a lot of the processing of the photo. 

 

Also, if you can take the photos in RAW format rather than JPG, you have a lot more opportunity to process the photo yourself and make a lot of corrections.  Get to to know your camera better and try some of the manual settings.  Your camera may be limited for wildlife photography, but great for portraits.  I wouldn't be selling the camera right away, just learn it's qualities and limitations.

 

Good luck and happy snapping.  🙂

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RALPH_L
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RALPH_LCommunity Expert
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February 16, 2022

Focus and noise

PepeCastro
PepeCastro
Inspiring
February 15, 2022

A Nikon coolpix or any type of bridge is a fun camera that gives you good family moments for your trips and for your private videos, but it does not have the necessary features for a professional nature photo. Perhaps the photo of nature and animals in freedom is the one that most requires you to have good lenses and expensive material, apart from shelters and camouflage booths and infinite patience of spending hours and hours waiting for the right shot in the rain or snow. or the full sun. If you want to dedicate yourself to nature photography professionally, I think you will have to consider a big change

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Simone CooperAuthor
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February 15, 2022

I do consider, I am going to look for a good camera and good lens. But as I said as a begginer it's even hard for me to know which lens would be good for photos like that and what camera would be good. That's probably different topic for advices. Thank you.

Jill_C
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Jill_CCommunity Expert
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February 14, 2022

Noise and lack of sharp focus 

Jill C., Forum Volunteer
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    Simone CooperAuthor
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    February 14, 2022

    Hi, thank you for the answer. No clue what to do then, especially about the bird ones. That was made by camera not the phone. Still grainy after 100% zoom in. Seems this camera is hopeless though all photos in my library (after short check) are grainy.

    Jill_C
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    Jill_CCommunity Expert
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    February 14, 2022

    What was the ISO? A high ISO would explain the noise. Soft focus could be due to subject motion, camera motion, or both as well as a poorly calibrated camera/lens combo. The kit lens on lower end DSLR's is also frequently not a very good lens... 

    Jill C., Forum Volunteer
      reedesign1912
      reedesign1912
      Inspiring
      February 14, 2022

      It's always important to view your photos at 100% magnification or higher.  A lot of technical issues become clearer then.

       

      You can see the bird is out of focus.  The photo is grainy and there is chromatic aberration in the feathers.  There is also a white balance issue where everything is too blue.  Also, the branch in front of the bird's face is unfortunate and it is unlikely even if this photo was technically sound that anyone would want to purchase it without having a clear view of the bird's head.

       

       

      Similar issues in this photo with lack of focus, noise / grain and white colour balance issues.

       

       

      Again, lack of sharp focus and it looks like this photo was taken with your phone.  While not impossible to get stock quality photos with your phone, it is difficult due to the small sensor size.  Your phone will also do a lot of automatic filtering and compression which causes the tree bark to look "painterly" rather than natural.

       

      It would be worthwhile for you to take a look at some of the Stock Contributor help files to better understand what is required.

       

      Best of luck in your future submissions.

       

      Rob R, Photographer
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        Simone CooperAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        February 14, 2022

        Hi there. Only the last one was taken by phone (I agree this could be grainy then), but the first ones (two birds) was made with Camera (do not know if I can say the names but "N" brand). So if the real camera does not allow me to take clean shots and is equal to phone shots, then it is probably only for sale... or I do something wrong. Thanks for the answer.

         

        reedesign1912
        reedesign1912Correct answer
        Inspiring
        February 14, 2022

        @Simone Cooper yes, you can say Nikon.  🙂  What would help is if you can change the settings on your camera to manual rather than automatic.  One of the things I noticed on your first two photos is the ISO is quite high and that usually causes a lot of noise in the photos.  The higher ISO is needed for low light situations and often you can clean up the noise in post processing.  Focus is the bigger issue here. In the first bird photo the camera is trying to focus on the twig rather than the bird's head.  That's why composition is so important and you need to change your angle to get the focus on what you really need.  The other issue is going to be the zoom - because your camera uses a combination of optical and digital zoom, the camera itself does a lot of the processing of the photo. 

         

        Also, if you can take the photos in RAW format rather than JPG, you have a lot more opportunity to process the photo yourself and make a lot of corrections.  Get to to know your camera better and try some of the manual settings.  Your camera may be limited for wildlife photography, but great for portraits.  I wouldn't be selling the camera right away, just learn it's qualities and limitations.

         

        Good luck and happy snapping.  🙂

        Rob R, Photographer
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